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By 
WINSLOW  ANDERSON,  M.D. 


Reprinted  from  the 

PACIFIC  MEDICAL  JOURNAL 

April.  19l3i  Vol.  LVI.,  No.  4, 


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OIBT 

IN 

Health  and  Disease 


By 

Winslow  Anderson,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  M.  R.  C.  P.,  London;  M.  R.  C.  S. 
England;   L.  S.  A.   London;   Professor  Emeritus,   Gynecology  and 
Adominal  Surgery,  College   of   Physicians   and   Surgeons  of   San 
Francisco,  Calif.;  Surgeon- in-Chief  to  St. Winifred's  Sanatorium; 
Surgeon-in- Chief  to  Sierra  Railroad;  Fellow  Therapeutic  Society 
of  London;   Fellow  The  Royal  Institute  of  Public  Health, 
London;  Member  General  Medical  Council,  Great  Britain; 
Member  American  Military   Surgeons;   Member   American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of    Science;   Member 
American    Therapeutic     Society;     Member    Authors' 
Club,    London;    Member   Atlantic    Union,    London; 
Member  American  Health  League;   Member  The 
Authors'  League  of  America;  Member  American 
National    Red    Cross;    Member   The    British 
Medical    Association,     London,     England; 
Member  American  Medical  Association; 
Member  Medical  Society  State  of  Cali- 
fornia;    Member     San     Francisco 
County  Medical  Society;   Mem- 
ber    Western     Surgical     and* 
Gynecological    Association; 

Etc.,     Etc.,     Etc.  ,    ,,, 

Editor,  Pacific  Medical  JoUrrial.  ^    , 


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DIET  IN  HEALTH  AND  DISEASE 

Dining  is  a  pleasant  art.  It  should  become  a  science  as 
well. 

They  eat,  they  drink,  and  in  communion  sweet 

Quaff    immortality    and   joy. — Milton — Paradise  Lost, 

According  to  the  learned  moralist  and  biographer,  Plut- 
arch, who  flourished  during  the  century  before  Christ, 
Socrates,  the  Athenian  philosopher  of  the  fifth  century  B. 
C.  is  reported  to  have  said: — 

"Bad  men  live  that  they  may  eat  and  drink 
Whereas  good  men  eat  and  drink  that  they  may  live." 

Clivilized  man  does  not  only  eat  too  much,  and  drink 
too  much  but  his  dietary  is  far  from  being  conducive  to 
longevity  and  his  potations,  I  fear  frequently  may  be  pos- 
sitively   injurious. 

We   cannot   use   the   mind   aright,   when   we   are   filled 
with  excessive  food  and  drink. — Cicero. 

More  people  die  every  year  from  overeating  than  from 
overdrinking.  Nor  is  it  alone  the  quantity  that  is  taken 
but  the  quality  that  interferes  with  normal  metabolism, 
blocking  the  digestive  system  and  interfering  with  the  elim- 
inatory  organs.  The  morbific  agencies  and  waste  pro- 
ducts are  retained  in  the  system  causing  many  dyscrasias. 

Gluttony  kills  more  than  the  sword. — Herbert. 

Fat  paunches  have  lean  pates,   and  dainty  bits  make 
rich  the  ribs,  but  bankrupt  quite  the  wits. — 

Shakespeare — Loves  Labor  Lost. 

The  Sultan's  Dessert.  • 

The    pet    of  the  harem,    Rose-in- Bloom, 
Orders   a   feast   in   his   favorite   room — 
Glittering   square   of  colored   ice. 
Sweetened  with  syrup,  tinctured  with  spice. 
Creams  and   cordials,   and   sugared   dates, 
Syrian  apples,  Othmanee  quinces. 
Limes   and   citrons   and   apricots. 
And  wines  that  are  known  to  Eastern  princes, 

Aldrich — When  the  Sultan  goes  to  Ispahan. 

Sweets  as  a  rule  are  used  to  excess  by  the  well-to-do  child- 
ren and  grown  ups,  and  have  much  to  do  with  glycosurea 
and  diabetes. 

A    surfeit    of    the    sweetest    things 

The  deepest  loathing  to  the  stomach  brings. — 

Shakespeare — Midsummer  Nights'    Dream. 

NUTRITION. 

Life,  vitality,  the  essential  condition  of  existence,  requires 
nutritive  material,  food  and  drink,  in  order  that  the  organs 

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and  tissues  of  the  body  may  continue  in  the  performance 
of  their  normal  physiological  functions. 

All   human   history   attests 

That  happiness  for  man, — the  hungry  sinner! 

Since  Eve  ate  apples,  much  depends  on  dinner, — 

Byron — Don    Juan. 

Alimentation — Food. 

In  response  to  the  sensation  of  hunger  and  thirst  the 
human  body  requires  diversified  solids  and  fluids  to  keep 
it  in  a  healthy  physiologic  condition.  The  alimentation 
required  is  of  a  complex  composition  and  contains  in  vary- 
ing proportions  proteins,  fats,  carbohydrates,  water  and  in- 
organic salts,  as  follows — 

Proteins — ^Albuminoids  or  nitrogenous  foods. — ^Tissue  builders. 
Name  of  principle  Derived  from 

Myosin Flesh  of  Animals,   red  meat 

Albumen,  vitelin White  and  yolk  of  egg 

Caseinogen Milk 

Serum  albumin,  fibrin Blood  contained  in  meat 

Gliadin  and  glutinin  ....  Grain  of  wheat  and  some  other  cereals 

Vegetable  albumin Soft  growing  vegetables 

Legumin Peas,  beans,   lentils,  etc. 

Fats  and  Oils — heat  producers. 


Animal  fats 
Carbon       76 
Hydrogen  12 
Oxygen     12  100 


Vegetable  Oils 


Butter  from  cows',  goats'  and  mares' 

milk. 
Adipose  tissues  of  animals,  suet,  lard. 
.Fish  oils,  seal  and  sperm,  etc. 

Palm  oil,  olive  oil,  cotton  seed  oil' 
linseed  oil,  nutmeg  butter,  cocoa- 
nut  oil,  peanut  oil,  cacao-butter, 
from  chocolate-tree,  kolanut, 
bambuk-butter,  castor-oil,  oil  of 
spice-bush,  nuts,  fruits,  seeds, 
cereals  and  vegetable  tissues. 

Carbohydrates,  Starches  and  Sugars — force  producers. 

Glucose, dextrose, grape   [Grapes   20%,   fruits,   plant 


sugar,  starch  sugar      \ 


juices, 


animal 
onions, 


Fructose,  levulose, 
fruit  sugar 

Galactose,  lactose, 
sugar  of  milk 
Name  of  principle 

Sucrose,  saccharose, 
cane  sugar 

Maltose,  malt  sugar 


blood  0.1%,   sweet  com, 
potatoes,   rice,  etc. 

Occurs  with  glucose  in  fruits,  arti- 
chokes, honey  50%  etc. 
(Milk  of  all  mammals     yields  from 
I     4%  to  7%. 

Derived  from 


beet    sugar,    sugar 
sugar,      pineapple, 


Sorghum  cane, 
palm,  maple 
carrots,  etc. 

Malt  and  malted  foods  and  germin- 
ating cereals. 


Starch,  dextrin  from 
starch. 


Glycogen,  "Animal 
starch"  elaborated 
in  the  body  from 
glucose,  fructose, etc. 


Seeds,  com,  cereals  50%  tubers 
(potatoes)  75%,  roots,  bulbs,  and 
legumenous  plants. 

Liver  of  animals  38  %,  muscle 
fibers  (beef)  44  %,  bones  9  %. 


Inorganic. 

Water 

Sodium  chloride  (common  salt) 

Potassium  chloride 


Sodium 

Potassium 

Calcium 

Magnesium 

Iron 


phosphate 

and 
carbonates 


Drinking  water,  mineral 
water  and  nearly  all  ani- 
mal and  vegetable  foods. 


Vegetable  Acids. 

Acetic  in 

Citric  in 

Malic  in 

Tannic  in 

Tartaric  in 


Vinegar 

Lemons  and  acid  fruits. 

Apples,  grapes 

Tea  leaves,  nut-galls,  etc. 

Grape  juice  etc.,  fruits  and   vegetables 


Accessory  Foods. 

Coffee,  tea,  cocoa,  chocolate,  sauces,  pepper,  ginger, 
cinnamon,  nutmeg,  cloves,  mustard,  vinegar,  pickles,  etc., 
wines,  beer  and  spirits. 

For  health  and  happiness  it  is  ngt  best  to  be — "Bom 
but  to  banquet  and  to  drain  the  bowl"  as  in  Homer's 
Odyssey  but  to  enjoy  with  your  dinner  "The  feast  of  reason 
and  the   flow  of  soul" — (Pope) 

A  Question  in  Dietetics. 

Dr.  John  Aulde  of  Philadelphia  in  his  excellent  work  on 
the  "Chemic  Problem  in  Nutrition''  says  on  page  93,  et  seg. — 

"This  nev/  factor  in  disease  (Excess  of  Magnesia  or 
Magnesium  Infiltration)  is  in  reality  a  question  in  di- 
etetics and  its  presence  as  well  as  its  persistence  is 
susceptible  of  proof  by  the  ordinary  methods  famihar  to 
physiologic  chemists.  In  fact,  it  has  to  deal  almost  exclus- 
ively with  the  deviations  incident  to  the  chemistry  of  diges- 
tion. Thus,  it  trenches  upon  human  welfare,  touching  all 
points  of  the  compass — in  short,  it  appeals  to  the  individual, 
both  young  and  old,  male  and  female  alike  because  a  knowl- 
edge of  its  presence  makes  for  health  as  well  as  longevity. 
How  many  sufferers  from  indigestion  with  its  attendant 
train  of  sequelae  would  be  glad  to  know  why  and  how  it  was 
brought  about?     To  afford  the  general  reader  a  reliable  and 


accurate  method  for  determining  the  true  cause  for  his  illness 
would  appear  Utopian,  and  yet  it  is  accomplished  by  means 
of  a  very  simple  test — an  evidence  of  adaptability.  Applying 
the  terms  used  by  modern  advocates  of  "System",  in  the 
domain  of  commerce,  this  "adaptability"  might  be  regarded 
as  an  illustration  of  scientific  efficiency  in  therapeutics. 

"Magnesia  in  Excess.  —  Magnesia  in  excess  is  the  factor 
responsible  for  the  indigestions  and  also  for  most  of  the 
prevalent  chronic  ailments,  whether  organic  or  functional. 
In  addition,  it  should  be  added  that  magnesia  in  excess 
develops  coincident  with  the  progress  of  acute  diseases,  and 
accounts  for  prolonged  convalescence.  In  many  instances 
we  are  even  able  to  trace  susceptibility  directly  to  this  ab- 
normal condition,  so  that  early  recognition  of  this  particular 
deviation  from  normal  becomes  a  matter  of  prime  importance 
to  those  apparently  in  robust  health.  To  the  afflicted  and 
semi-invalid  this  discovery  might  be  the  means  of  enabling 
them  to  regain  health  and  happiness,  because  it  makes  for 
simplicity  and  efficiency.  The  practical  value  of  these  sug- 
gestions is  perhaps  more  forcibly  brought  forward  in  the 
accompanying  tabulation,  since  it  enables  the  reader  to 
understand  and  appreciate  the  disadvantages  arising  from 
an  unsuitable  dietary — in  other  words,  it  shows  how  the 
milk  gets  into  the  cocoanut.  In  this  tabulation  I  have  in- 
cluded a  fairly  complete  list  of  dietary  articles — animal  foods, 
cereals,  vegetables,  fruits,  etc. — making  up  the  usual  diet 
of  adults  and  children,  the  estimated  "ash  constituents" 
being  taken  from  the  comprehensive  monograph.  Calcium, 
Magnesium  and  Phosphorus  in  Food  Nutrition  (1910),  pre- 
pared by  Sherman,  Mettler,  and  Sinclair,  Department  of 
Chemistry,  Columbia  University   (New  York)." 

Ash  Constituents  of  Food  Material —  Estimated. 

Pood  Materials.  Per  cent 

Animal  Foods,  Cereals,  etc.  Calcium 

oxide 

Meats  (per  100  grams  pro- 
tein)     (0.076) 

Fish  and  shellfish  (per  100 

grams  protein) (0  .  180) 

Eggs 0.100 

Butter  (and  butterine)  .  .  .        .022 

Buttermilk  (estimated  as 

milk) 172 

Cheese 1.240 

Cottage  Cheese 100 

Milk,  whole 172 

Cream 147 

Barley,  pearled 025 

Com  meal 009 

Hominy    (as    old   process 

meal) 014 

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Per  cent 
^lagnesium 

Calcium  oxide  to 

oxide. 

magnesium  oxide. 

(0.190) 

1.00  to 

2.50 

(0.230) 

1 .00  to 

1.27 

0.015 

6.66  to 

1.00 

.001 

22.00  to 

1.00 

.018 

9.55  to 

1.00 

.049 

25.30  to 

1.00 

.015 

6.66  to 

1.00 

.018 

9.55  to 

1.00 

.015 

9.80  to 

1.00 

.100 

1 .00  to 

4.00 

.132 

1.00  to  14.66 

.196 

1.00  to  14.00 

Oatmeal  (including  rolled 

oats,  etc.) 078  .246        1 .00  to    3.19 

Rice 012  .060        1.00  to    5.00 

Wheat  flour  (crackers  and 

macaroni) 028 

Graham  flour  and   entire 

wheat  flour  (assumed)       .037 

Flaked    wheat    breakfast 

food 043 

Bread 021 

Chocolate 141 

Molasses 355 

Maple  syrup 123 

Honey 005 

Vegetables. 

Asparagus 038 

Beans,  pea,  dried 215 

Beans,  kidney,  dried 226 

Beans,  lima,  dried 106 

Beans,  string,  fresh 073 

Beets 019 

Cabbage 058 

Carrots 077 

Celery 094 

Com,  canned  or  green 045 

Cucumbers 028 

Eggplant 017 

Greens,  turnip  tops 508 

Greens,  soup  greens  (as- 
sumed)  080 

Horseradish 136 

Lettuce 045 

Onions 040 

Parsnips 076 

Peas,  dried 137 

Peas,  canned 023 

Potatoes 016 

Potatoes,  sweet 025 

Pumpkins 032 

Radishes 025 

Rhubarb 060 

Rutabagas 103 

Spinach 064 

Tomatoes 019 

Tomatoes,  canned 019 

Turnips 087 

Vegetable    soup    (canned, 

condensed) 026 

Watercress 259 

Fruits 

Apples Oil 

Apples,  evaporated 037 


.026 

1 .07  to 

1.00 

.150 

1 .00  to 

4.05 

.239 

1 .00  to 

5.55 

.019 

1.10  to 

1.00 

.483 

1 .00  to 

3.42 

.176 

2.01  to 

1.00 

.100 

1.23  to 

1.00 

.030 

1 .00  to 

6.00 

.017 

2.23  to 

1.00 

.252 

1 .00  to 

1.17 

.261 

1 .00  to 

1.15 

.311 

1 .00  to 

2.93 

.050 

1.46  to 

1.00 

.029 

1 .00  to 

1.52 

.021 

2.76  to 

1.00 

.032 

2.50  to 

1.00 

.027 

3.38  to 

1.00 

.070 

1 .00  to 

1.55 

.018 

1.55  to 

1.00 

.037 

1 .00  to 

2.17 

.036 

14.11  to 

1.00 

.030 

2.66  to 

1.00 

.038 

3.57  to 

1.00 

.012 

3.75  to 

1.00 

.015 

2.66  to 

1.00 

.044 

1.72  to 

1.00 

.204 

1 .00  to 

1.48 

.034 

1 .00  to 

1.47 

.040 

1 .00  to 

2.50 

.019 

1.31  to 

1.00 

.014 

2.28  to 

1.00 

.019 

1.31  to 

1.00 

.010 

6.00  to 

1.00 

.031 

3.32  to 

1.00 

.053 

1.20  to 

1.00 

.016 

1.18  to 

1.00 

.016 

1.18  to 

1.00 

.029 

3 .00  to 

1.00 

.021 

1.23  to 

1.00 

.046 

5.63  to 

1.00 

.014 

1 .00  to 

1.27 

.054 

1 .00  to 

1.45 

Apricots 021  .019  1.10  to  1.00 

Bananas 009  .035  1 .00  to  3 .55 

Blackberries 079  .037  2 .  13  to  1 .00 

Blueberries 045  .015  3.00  to  1.00 

Cherries 026  .027  1 .00  to  1.03 

Cranberries 021  .012  1.75  to  1.00 

Currants 046  .026  1.76  to  1.00 

Currants,  dried 169  .076  2.22  to  1.00 

Figs,  dried 280  .144  1 .94  to  1 .00 

Grapes 014  .019  1 .00  to  1.35 

Grape  jelly 009  .015  1 .00  to  1.66 

Grapefruit 029  .015  1.93  to  1.00 

Huckleberries 037  .027  1.37  to  1.00 

Oranges 043  .016  2.68  to  1.00 

Peaches,  dried 048  .093  1 .00  to  1.93 

Peaches 015  .015  1 .00  to  1 .00 

Pears 018  .014  1.28  to  1.00 

Pears,  canned 008  .007  1 .  14  to  1 .00 

Pineapples 038  027  1.40  to  1.00 

Plums 022  .019  1 .  15  to  1 .00 

Plums,  jam,  canned 014  .012  1.16  to  1.00 

Prunes 063  .084  1 .00  to  1.33 

Raisins 042  .070  1 .00  to  1.66 

Raspberries 072  .037  1.93  to  1.00 

Strawberries 057  .036  1 .58  to  1 .00 

Watermelons 018  .022  1 .00  to  1.22 

Miscellaneous 

Pie,  apple  (assumed) 030  .030  1 .00  to  1 .00 

Pie,  cream  (assumed 040  .030  1 .33  to  1 .00 

Pie,  custard  (assumed) . .  .       .060  .030  2 .00  to  1 .00 

Pie,  mince 044  .037  1 .  18  to  1 .00 

Pie,  squash 030  .015  2 .00  to  1 .00 

It  will  be  observed  that  cheese  is  25  to  1  and  butter  is 
22  to  1  in  favor  of  lime  salts.  Milk,  cream  and  buttermilk 
are  also  desirable  articles  of  food.'^^'^Wi' ll^^l^  if.      ;,  ^        ,. 

(Page  99  "The  Chemic  Problem  in  Nutrition.") 
Estimated  Ash  Constituents  in  Dietary  Study  No.  44. 

_      ,  -,        .  ,  Calcium       Magnesium 

Food  Materials  oxide.  oxide 

and  Weight  of  Edible  Portion.  Grams.  Grams. 

Meats:  Beef,  veal,  pork  and  lamb  (total 

meat  protein  3,413  grams) 2 .593  6 .484 

Eggs,  4,705  grams 4 .705  .  705 

Butter,  1,785  grams 392  .017 

Milk,  55,055  grams 94 .694  9 .909 

Mince-meat,  370  grams .162  .136 

Com  meal,  2,395  grams 215  3 .  161 

Hominv,  255  grams  (as  old  process  com 

meal) 033  .499 

Flour  and  crackers,  14,625  grams 4 .095  3  .802 

Oatmeal,  240  grams .187  .597 

Sugar,  6,605  grams 

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Maple  syrup,  895  grams 1 .  100  .895 

Honey,  425  grams .021  .127 

Beans,  dried,  835  grams 1 .795  2 .  104 

Cabbage,  2,890  grams 1 .676  .606 

Com,  canned,  1,210  grams .544  .847 

Lettuce,  905  grams .407  .  108 

Parsnips,  795  grams .604  .349 

Potatoes,  6,750  grams 1 .080  2 .  700 

Radishes,  310  grams .077  .058 

Apples,  5,470  grams .601  .765 

Bananas,  1 ,420  grams .127  .497 

Cranberries,  355  grams .074  .042 

Oranges,  540  grams .232  .086 

Peaches,  dried,  865  grams .415  .804 

Prunes,  dried,  865  grams .277  .369 

Raisins,  45  grams .018  .031 

In  total  food 116.124       35.698 

In  waste  (4.3  per  cent.) 4 .992         1 .535 

In  food  eaten 111.132       34.163 

Per  man  per  day 1 .42  .44 

Estimated  Ash  Constituents  in  Dietary  Study  No.   100 

[Page    lOI    ••The   Chemic  Problem  in  Nutrition".] 

Calcium  Magnesium 

Food  Materials  used.                                               oxide  oxide. 

Grams.  Grams. 

Meat:     Bacon  and  lard   (meat  protein, 

131  grams) 099  .248 

Flour,  9,470  grams 2.651  2.462 

Com  meal,  20,920  grams 1 .882  27.614 

Rice,  710  grams 085  .426 

CoUards,  255  grams  (as  cabbage) 147  .053 

In  total  food  eaten 4 .864      30  .803 

Per  man  per  day .082  .522 

"Here  we  find  a  large  preponderance  of  magnesia  over 
lime,  more  than  6  parts  to  1,  nine-tenths  of  the  total  being 
derived  form  com  meal,  a  fact  which  has  a  direct  bearing 
upon  the  prevalence  of  pallagra  throughout  the  Southem 
states,  since  the  intimate  relation  is  susceptible  of  demon- 
stration. Such  being  the  case,  what  shall  we  say  regarding 
treatment  with  a  death  rate  of  65  per  cent.,  when  routine 
methods  include  the  employment  of  magnesia  in  some  form?'' 

Be  plain  in   your  dress  and   sober  in   your  diet — 

Lady  Montegue. 

DIET  LIST. 

To  prevent  the  deleterious  effects  of  "Magnesium  Infiltra- 
tion" which  no  doubt  is  responsible,  as  Dr.  Aulde  says-  for 
much  "unhappiness"  and  much  suffering  the  writer  has 
selected  a  diet  list  with  a  view  of  giving  the  largest  amount 

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of  calcium  salts  with  a  minimum  amount  of  magnesium 
salts.  Foods  rich  in  magnesium  have  been  eliminated  or 
annotated — "use  sparingly". 

This  dietary  followed  conscientiously  will  assist  materially 
in  the  elimination  of  morbific  agencies  and  in  the  restoration 
of  normal, ^healthy  physiologic  cytogenesis. 

Blest  be  those  feasts  with  simple  plenty  crowned. — 

Goldsmith — The  Traveller. 

Soups,  Broths  and  Purees. 

It  is  desirable  to  have  soup  or  broth  at  least  once  each 
day.  Soups  may  be  clear  or  plain,  thick  or  creamed, 
such  as: — 

Cream  of  asparagus. 

Bean   soup    (sparingly). 

Cream   of  celery. 

Clam  soup,  juice,  chowder,  bouillon,  bisque,  cream  of  clam 

soup. 
Chicken   soup,   plain   or  with  an  egg,    broth,  jelly. 
Egg  broth,  mutton  or  chicken. 
Fish  soup  and  broth,  fish  extract  or  juice. 
Fruit  soup,  such  as  dried  apricots,  etc.,  (See  list  of  desirable 

fruits) . 
Lamb  soup  and   broth   (sparingly). 
Milk  soups. 
Mock  bisque  soups. 
Mutton    broth  (sparingly). 
Noodle  soup. 

Onion  soup,  cream  of  onion  soup. 
Oyster  soup,  broth,  stew. 
Pea  soup,  cream  of   pea  soup,  (sparingly). 
Rice  soup,  cream  of  rice  soup  (sparingly). 
Tomato  soup,  cream  of  tomato  soup. 
Vegetable  soups  are  desirable  (see  list  of  vegetables). 

Avoid — or  use  sparingly: — Beef  tea,  beef  stock,  beef  jiiicey 
beef  extract,  or  bouillon,  potato,  corn  and  cornstarch,  spices, 
sauces  and  condiments  in  general. 

Govern  well  thy  appetite,  lest  sin  surprise  thee,  and  her 
black  attendant.  Death. — Milton — Paradise  Lost. 

Salads. 

Alligator  pear  salads, 
Celery  salads, 
Chicken  salads. 
Cream  cheese  salads, 
Dandelion    salads, 
Egg  salads, 
Endives   salads. 
Fish  salads. 
Fruit  salads. 
Jelly  salads, 

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Lettuce  salads, 
Meat  salads, 
Parsley  salads, 
Romaine  salads. 
Sweetbread  salads. 
Tomato  salads. 
Vegetable  salads, 
Watercress  salads. 

Fish. 

An  oyster  may  be  crossed  in  love — Sheridan — The  Critic 

He  was  a  bold  man  that  first  eat  an  oyster — Swift. 

Fresh  fish  means  fish  used  within  twenty-four  hours  after 
they  are  caught.  All  kinds  may  be  used  except  salmon 
and  cod.  W hit e-fieshed  fish  are  preferred.  Fish  should  be 
boiled,  baked,  broiled,  steamed  or  creamed  (never  fried). 
Oysters  (sparingly).  (Nutritive  value  is  not  high).  They 
may  be  eaten  boiled,  roasted  in  shell  or  pan,  broiled, 
creamed,  steamed,  scalloped,  stewed  or  in  soup,  peptonized^ 
preferably  raw.  Clams  (sparingly)  may  be  prepared  in  a  si- 
milar manner  to  oysters.  Clam  juice  is  nutritious,  as  broth  or 
bouillon,  bisque  or  albuminized  with  water.  Frog  legs, 
broiled.  The  fish  sauces  permitted  '  are: — butter  or  cream 
sauce,  egg  sauce,  tomato  sauce,  cucumber  relish. 

Avoid:  Oysters  or  shell  fish  from  bay  waters  near  sewer 
outlets.  Never  eat  a  fish  that  has  been  out  of  water  longer 
than  twenty-four  hours  unless  frozen  or  properly  preserved. 
Be  careful  about  dried,  salted,  potted,  smoked,  pickled  or 
preserved  fish.  Salmon  and  cod  are  indigestible.  Never 
eat  fried  fish.  Turtle,  terrapin,  shrimp,  crawfish,  lobster  or 
crab  should  be  eaten  sparingly. 

Oh,  dainty  and  delicious! 
Food  for  the  Gods!     Ambrosia  for  Apicius! 
Worthy  to  thrill  the  soul  of  sea-bom  Venus, 
Or  titilate  the  palate  of  Silenus! 

CrofTut — Clam   Soup. 

Meats  and  Poultry. 

Chicken,    quail,    squab   reedbirds,    robins — broiled,    roasted,, 
baked,    stewed,    fricassed  (salad   may   be   eaten  with  crisp, 
broiled  bacon). 
Calf's  head — boiled. 

Sweet  breads — creamed,  boiled,  broiled — (salad). 
Tripe — honey-combed  portion — any    style    but    fried.     This 
is  very  nutritious  and  easily  digested. — A  most  excellent  food. 
Bacon, — broiled. 
Lamb  brains. 
Mutton — (sparingly). 
Beef — (sparingly) . 

Avoid:     Salted,  dried,  potted,  smoked,  pickled  and  pre. 

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served  meats.  Butchers'  or  red  meat,  veal,  pork,  lamb, 
liver,  hashes,  kidney,  heart,  etc.,  contain  two  and  one 
half  times  more  magnesium  salts  than  they  do  calcium. 
Red  meats  contain  "purin  bodies"  which  produce  cytotoxins 
or  cell-poisons  which  are  bad  m  lithemia  and  gout.  Turkey, 
goose,  duck,  guinea-fowl,  pheasant,  Pkt€  de  foie  gras  and 
sausages  should  be  taken  sparingly. 

Now  good  digestion  wait  on  appetite. 
And   health    on    both. — 

Shakespeare — Macbeth. 

Farinaceous. 

White  bread. 

Toast,  dry-buttered — ^with  milk  or  cream. 

Rusks. 

Soda  crackers. 

Macaroni,  vermicelli. 

Buckwheat. 

Cheese-wafers. 

Cheese  gluten  biscuit  crisps. 

Cheese  souffle.  * 

Avoid  or  use  sparingly:  —  Oat-meal,  breakfast  foods, 
flaked  wheat  cereals — (all  are  rich  in  magnesia).  Gra- 
ham bread,  rice,  sago,  tapioca,  arrowroot,  starches  generally 
and  corn  meal  in  particular.  Com  meal  contains  over  four- 
teen times  more  magnesia  than  lime  salts.  Doughnuts, 
fancy  cakes,  pastry,  and  rich  gravies  are  undesirable. 

Better  no  doubt  is  a  dinner  of  herbs 
When  seasoned  by  love. 
Which    no    rancour    disturbs 
And  sweetened  by  all  tfiat  is  sweet  in  life 
Than  turbot,  bisque,  ortolans,  eaten  in  strife, — 

Meredith — Lucile. 

Vegetables. 

Artichokes. 

Asparagus — boiled,  on  toast,   creamed  or  in   soup. 

Fresh  string  beans. 

Beans,  dried,  (sparingly). 

Brussels  sprouts. 

Cabbage. 

Cauliflower,  boiled  or  creamed. 

Carrots,  boiled  or  creamed. 

Celer}',  raw,  creamed  or  in  soup,  salad. 

Chicory. 

Cucumbers. 

Dandelion,  fresh,  raw,  baked,  scalloped,  salad. 

Escarole. 

Endive. 

Greens — turnip  very  desirable. 

Soup  greens. 

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Horseradish. 

Leeks. 

Lentils — (sparingly) . 

Lettuce — salads,  etc. 

Onions,  boiled,   creamed,  scalloped. 

Parsnips. 

Parsley. 

Peas,  dried,  puree,  (sparingly). 

Pumpkins. 

Peanuts. 

Radishes  raw. 

Revalenta.  * 

Romaine-salad. 

Rhubarb,  steamed  etc.  (desirable). 

Rutabagas. 

Squash. 

Spinach . 

Tomatoes,  raw,  salad,   creamed  soup. 

Turnips. 

Vegetable  Marrow. 

Water  cress  (desirable). 

Avoid — or  use  sparingly: — Potatoes,  lima  beans,  beets,  corny 
eggplant,   sweet-potatoes,   mayonnaise  dressing,  mushrooms. 

What  baron  or  squire 
Or  knight  of  the  shire 
Lives  half  so  well  as  a  holy  Friar. — 

John    O'Keefe. 

Desserts. 

Milk,  bread  and  cream  puddings,  cracker  and  cream  cus- 
tards. Queen  pudding,  orange  custards,  soft  custard,  baked 
and  steamed,  custard  souffle,  peptoniod  custards,  banana 
custard,  peach  custard,  custard  junket,  egg  souffle,  cheese 
pudding,  coffee  custard  steamed,  custard  (frozen),  coffee 
jelly,  lemon  pudding,  Charlotte  ruse,  (frozen)  ices,  sherbets, 
calf's  head  jelly,  apples  baked,  pears  baked,  apple  float, 
peach  float,  prunes,  stewed  fruits,  raw  fruits,  shaddocks, 
(juice  only),  ripe  peaches,  chicken  jelly,  baked  banana, 
stewed  figs,  almond  pudding,  malted  milk  blanc  mange, 
orange  bread  pudding,  apple  sauce,  bread  and  butter  pud- 
ding, bread  and  apple  pudding,  "Meringue"  cream  and 
fruits,  omelet  souffle,  gelatin,  floating  island,  fruit-jelly, 
maple  syrup,  isinglass,  lemon  souffle,  molasses,  mince  pie, 
calf's  foot  jelly,  squash  pie,  orange  cream,  cream  pie,  Hamburg 
cream,  apple  and  other  fruit  pies,  figs  and  other  fruits — (see 
list)  milk  jelly,  jelly  whips,  orange  jelly,  tomato  jelly,  wine 
jelly,  Irish  moss  jelly,  and  blanc  mange.  Cheese  is  a  valuable 
food. 

Avoid — or  use  sparingly:  sugar,  (may  use  saccharine 
instead)  coffee,  tea,  cocoa,  chocolate,  nuts,  raisins,  candies, 
wines,  beer,  and  spirits. 

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They  are  as  sick  that  surfeit  with  too  much, 
As  they  that   starve  with  nothing. — 

Shakespeare — Merchant  of  Venice. 

Fruits. 

Apples,  (sparingly). 

Apricots. 

Blackberries. 

Blueberries,  (desirable) . 

Cherries,  (sparingly). 

Cranberries. 

Currents, •fresh  and  dried  (desirable). 

Figs — (valuable  as  a  food) . 

Grapefruit. 

Huckleberries. 

Oranges,  raw  or  baked  (desirable). 

Peaches  (fresh). 

Pears. 

Pineapples. 

Plums. 

Raspberries. 

Strawberries. 

Fruit  salad. 

Fruit  jellies. 

Bread  fruit. 

Avoid: — Nuts,  dried  apples,  bananas,  grapes,  grape  jelly, 
peaches  dried,  prunes,  raisins. 

Eggs. 

Eggs  are  desirable: — Raw,  albumen  lemonade,  soft  boiled, 
medium  hard,  shirred,  poached,  baked,  steamed,  egg  in  "nest," 
scrambled,  omelet,  egg  whey,  foamy  omelet,  bread  omelet, 
egg  salads.  (To  boil  an  egg  properly,  place  it  in  cold  water 
and  bring  to  a  boil.) 
Sweets. 

Maple  syrup   and  molasses  are    desirable    carbohydrates. 

Saccharine,  which  is  many  times  sweeter  than  sugar  may 
be  used. 

Avoid: — or  use  sparingly,  sugar,  honey,  starches,  etc. 

But  first,  or  last,  your  fine  Egyptian  cookery 
Shall  have  the  fame. 

I  have  heard  that  Julius  Caesar  grew  fat  with  feasting 
there. — Anthony  and  Cleopatra. 

Fats  and  Oils. 

Pure  butter  and  pure   olive  oil  are  the   best    oleaginous 
substances  for  food.     Bacon  crisply  broiled  is  permissible. 
Avoid: — fried  butter  or  oil  or  grease  of  any  kind. 

Beverages. 

Pure  water,  carbonated  waters,  mineral  waters  containing 
no  magnesia,  are  preferable.  French  Vichy  Apollinaris.  Fresh 
milk  is   a  most   valuable   food.     Ten   grains   of  potassium 

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bicarbonate  in  one-half  pint  is  desirable  as  an  antacid.  Milk 
may  be  baked,  peptonized,  malted,  or  used  as  milk-jelly, 
milk-lemonade,  milk  with  fruit  juices,  albumenized  milk, 
milk  and  seltzer,  butter-milk,  milk  whey,  lemon  whey  junket, 
Metchnikoffs  Bulgarian  butter -milk ,  fermented  milk,  Kumyss, 
Kefir,  Matzoon  or  Zoolak.  Egg  albumen  lemonade,  fruit 
juices  to  flavor  water,  apple  juice  with  ice,  grape  juice  with 
ice,  orangeade,  lemonade,  egg  albumen  with  whey,  lemonade 
with  twenty  grains  potassium  bicarbonate  to  the  pint  is  a 
pleasant  antacid.  Albumenized  clam  water,  clam  water 
plain,  dilute  phosphoric  acid  lemonade,  pineapple  with  ice, 
tamarind  water,  fruit  soda.  De-cafieinized  coffee  may  be 
used 

Avoid: — or  use  sparingly,  wine,  beer  and  spirits,  coffee 
tea,  cocoa,  chocolate,  ginger  ale,  root  beers  etc. 

With  eager  feeding  food  doth  choke  the  feeder. — 

Shakespeare — Richard  II. 

"The  Magnesia  Heart." 

Dr.  Aulde,  (page  179)  has  worked  out  a  plan  of  treatment 
which  embraces  "magnesium  infiltration"  in  general  as  well 
as  the  "magnesia  heart"  in  particular: — 

Treatment  of  Magnesia    Heart  (Schema). 

I.     Restore  the  Digestive  Capacity. 

Gall-Ipecac  Comp — Tonic  Stimulant;  Activator; 
Copper  Arsenite — Intestinal  Antiseptic; 
Bacillus  Bulgaricus — Symbiosis. 

II.     Neutralize  Acid  Excess. 

Solution  Potassium  Citrate — Refrigerant,  diaphoretic; 
Spirit  of  Mindererus — Febrifuge,  diaphoretic; 
Alkaline- saline — Cell  depurant,  eliminant. 

III.     Promote  Magnesium  Dissociation. 

Calcium  sulphate  (gypsum) ; 
Calcium  carbonate  (vitalized  chalk) 
Calcium  phosphate. 

lodo-calcium   ; 
Calcium  iodide; 
Calcium  carbonate. 

{  lodo-calcium ; 
Calcium  iodide; 
Acid  sulph.  aromatic. 

In  addition  to  the  above  outline,  and  in  advance  of  a 
detailed  analysis,  the  accompaning  diagram  relative  to 
symptomatic  and  collateral  treatment  will  serve  to  make 
the  therapeutic  picture  more  complete,  suggesting  as  it  does 
the  probable  complications  or  consecutive  deviations  from 
normal,  along  with  the  most  available  and  practical  lines  of 
treatment  for  their  relief — or  mitigation. 

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Simple  Replacement: 
Chemic  Transformation : 


Dietary: 


IV.     Symptomatic  and  Collateral  Treatment. 

("Gold  and  sodium  chloride; 
Vasomotor  Disturbances  ]  Static  electricity; 

1  Thyroids. 

{Nauheim  baths; 
Calcium  sulphide; 
Osteo-therapy. 

{Soda  succinate; 
Gall-ipecac  Comp; 
Podophyllin  and  mercury  biniodide. 

f Calcium  carbonate; 
Apia  (tablets) ; 
Epsom  salts  (?). 

Should  be  regulated  "(balanced"), 
as  to  proteids,  fats,  and  carbo- 
hydrates, and  furnish  two  parts 
lime  to  one  part  magnesia,  the 
number  of  calories  being  deter- 
mined by  the    work    performed. 

In  the  luxurious  days  of  Rome  the  philosopher,  Pliny, 
in  his  Natural  History  wrote: — 

"Their  best  and  most  wholesome  feeding  is  upon  one 
dish  and  no  more  and  the  same  plaine  and  simple ;  for  surely 
this  hudling  of  many  meats  one  upon  another  of  divers 
tastes  is  pestiferous.  But  sundry  sauces  are  more  dangerous 
than   that." 

Tis    passing    sweet    to    be — 
"Fed  with  nourishment  Divine 
The  dewy  morning's  gentle  wine" — 

but  we  must  also  remember  that 

"No  nourishment  in  frozen  pastures  grows" 
and  that  we  require  a  sane,  safe  and  sound  dietary. 

Our  diet  list  will,  as  a  rule,  furnish  two  parts  or  more  of 
calcium  salts  to  one  part  of  magnesium  salts.  A  careful 
dietary  is  indicated,  not  only  to  preserve  health,  but  also  in 
many  diseases,  such  as  diabetes,  albuminuria  and  dyscratic, 
toxemic,  lithemic  and  gouty  diatheses, 

"The  birthday  of  Eternity"  as  Seneca  calls  Euthanasia 
will  be  deferred  for  us  by  the  use  of  scientific  dietary  and 
hygienic  living.  One  may  easily  double  the  span  of  human 
Hfe. 

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